[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 65 (Thursday, May 9, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D423-D425]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2014 for the Department of Agriculture, after receiving testimony 
from Thomas J. Vilsack, Secretary, and Phyllis K. Fong, Inspector 
General, both of the Department of Agriculture.

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APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENTS OF DEFENSE AND NAVY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction and 
Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2014 for the Departments of 
Defense and Navy, after receiving testimony from Robert F. Hale, Under 
Secretary (Comptroller), John Conger, Acting Deputy Under Secretary for 
Installations and Environment, Roger M. Natsuhara, Principal Deputy 
Assistant Secretary of Navy for Energy, Installations and Environment, 
Major General James Kessler, Commander, Marine Corps Installations 
Command, and Assistant Deputy Commandant for Installations and 
Logistics (Facilities), and Rear Admiral Kevin Slates, Director, Chief 
of Naval Operations, Energy and Environmental Readiness Division (OPNAV 
N45), all of the Department of Defense.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces concluded 
a hearing to examine ballistic missile defense policies and programs in 
review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2014 and 
the Future Years Defense Program, after receiving testimony from 
Madelyn R. Creedon, Assistant Secretary for Global Strategic Affairs, 
J. Michael Gilmore, Director, Operational Test and Evaluation, 
Lieutenant General Richard P. Formica, USA, Commander, Army Space and 
Missile Defense Command, Army Forces Strategic Command, and Commander, 
Joint Functional Component Command for Integrated Missile Defense, and 
Vice Admiral James D. Syring, USN, Director, Missile Defense Agency, 
all of the Department of Defense; and Cristina T. Chaplain, Director, 
Acquisition and Sourcing Management, Government Accountability Office.
PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOUNDING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine pharmaceutical compounding, focusing on 
a proposed legislative solution, after receiving testimony from Janet 
Woodcock, Director, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and 
Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services; Carmen 
Catizone, National Association of Boards of Pharmacy, Mount Prospect, 
Illinois; Allan Coukell, The Pew Charitable Trusts, Washington, D.C.; 
David G. Miller, International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists, 
Missouri City, Texas; and Kasey Thompson, American Society of Health-
System Pharmacists, Bethesda, Maryland.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee began consideration of S. 744, to 
provide for comprehensive immigration reform, but did not complete 
action thereon.
  Committee recessed subject to the call.
VETERANS BILLS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine S. 49, to amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that 
veterans in each of the 48 contiguous States are able to receive 
services in at least one full-service Department of Veterans Affairs 
medical center in the State or receive comparable services provided by 
contract in the State, S. 62, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to allow taxpayers to designate overpayments of tax as 
contributions and to make additional contributions to the Homeless 
Veterans Assistance Fund, S. 131, to amend title 38, United States 
Code, to improve the reproductive assistance provided by the Department 
of Veterans Affairs to severely wounded, ill, or injured veterans and 
their spouses, S. 229, to designate the medical center of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs located at 3900 Woodland Avenue in 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the ``Corporal Michael J. Crescenz 
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center'', S. 287, to amend title 
38, United States Code, to expand the definition of homeless veteran 
for purposes of benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs, S. 325, to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
increase the maximum age for children eligible for medical care under 
the CHAMPVA program, S. 412, to authorize certain major medical 
facility leases for the Department of Veterans Affairs, S. 422, to 
amend the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Programs 
Enhancement Act of 2001 and title 38, United States Code, to require 
the provision of chiropractic care and services to veterans at all 
Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers and to expand access to 
such care and services, S. 455, to amend title 38, United States Code, 
to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to transport individuals 
to and from facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs in 
connection with rehabilitation, counseling, examination, treatment, and 
care, S. 522, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to award 
grants to establish, or expand upon, master's degree or doctoral degree 
programs in orthotics and prosthetics, S. 529, to amend title 38, 
United States Code, to modify the commencement date of the period of 
service at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, for eligibility for hospital 
care and medical services in connection with exposure to contaminated 
water, S. 543, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
reorganize the

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Veterans Integrated Service Networks of the Veterans Health 
Administration, S. 633, to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
provide for coverage under the beneficiary travel program of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs of certain disabled veterans for travel 
in connection with certain special disabilities rehabilitation, S. 800, 
to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that the South 
Texas Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Center at Harlingen, 
located in Harlingen, Texas, includes a full-service inpatient health 
care facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to redesignate 
such center, S. 825, to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve 
the provision of services for homeless veterans, S. 832, to require the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out pilot programs on furnishing 
case management services and assisted living to children of Vietnam 
veterans and certain Korea service veterans born with spina bifida and 
children of women Vietnam veterans born with certain birth defects, S. 
845, to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the Department 
of Veterans Affairs Health Professionals Educational Assistance 
Program, S. 851, to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend to 
all veterans with a serious service-connected injury eligibility to 
participate in the family caregiver services program, S. 852, to 
improve health care furnished by the Department of Veterans Affairs by 
increasing access to complementary and alternative medicine and other 
approaches to wellness and preventive care, and S. 877, to require the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to allow public access to research of the 
Department, after receiving testimony from Senator Landrieu; Robert L. 
Jesse, Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Health, and Susan Blauert, 
Deputy Assistant General Counsel, both of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs; Richard F. Weidman, Vietnam Veterans of America, Silver 
Spring, Maryland; Wayne B. Jonas, Sameuli Institute, Alexandria, 
Virginia; Heather L. Ansley, VetsFirst, and Matt Gornick, National 
Coalition for Homeless Veterans, both of Washington, D.C.; and Thomas 
G. Bowman, Spring Hill, Florida.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee recessed subject to the call.